Improvement in stands for flower-pots and vases



' E. G DURANI.

Standfor Flower-Pots a'nd Vases N0, ]5Q,9[] nan/0' Patented Feb.16,1875.

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EDWARD G. DURANT, OF KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN STANDS FOR FLOWER-POTS AND VASES- Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 159,9 ll, dated February 16, 1875;application filed May 8, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD G. DURANT, of Kenosha, in the county ofKenosha and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain Improvements inStands for Flower-Pots, Vases, &c., of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawlogs.

The object of the invention is to produce a cheap and ornamental stand,which may be taken apart and packed in a small compass, and which may bereadily put together by the unskilled purchaser.

The invention consists in making the stand of a series of cast-ironsections having lugs or their equivalents through which pins or pintlesare passed to hold the sections together, and also in the peculiarconstruction of a triangular stand on the above plan, as hereinafterexplained.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my triangular stand with the center insection; Fig. 2, a side elevation of one of the sections; Fig. 3, abottonrplan view, showing the manner in which the three sections areunited; Fig. 4, a transverse section on the line or a; Fig. 5, a view ofa modification.

ln constructing my triangular stand, I provide three fiat cast-ironsections, A, of the form shown in Fig. 2, each having a foot, (I, andupright arm b, and an arm, 0, extending outward above the foot, asshown, the whole being made of an ornamental form or contiguration.

Un the inner or back edge of each section I form a triangularenlargement, (1, each having one or more lugs or ears, 0, as shown inFigs. 1, 2, and 3. These enlargements and their lugs are so shaped andarranged that upon placing the three sections in position, with theirinner edges in contact, their enlargements fit together and form acentral hub or body, in themiddle of which the lugs, concealed fromsight, lap past each other, as shown.

Through the series of lugs I make a vertical hole, in which I insert awire or rod, B, which looks the sections firmly together. The upper endsof the arms I) fit closely together, and are held by a cap, 0, whichfits down over and around them, as shown.

For the sake of convenience in putting the stand together, I make thewire B long enough to extend up between the arms I), and secure its endto the cap 0, as shown.

The cap serves as a handle by which to insert and withdraw the wire, andalso to prevent it from being lost, as would be liable to occur if ashort separate wire were used. The cap 0 and each of the arms 0 Iprovide on the upper side with a stud or pivot, h, as shown.

I next provide four ornamental circular cups or plates, D, each having acentral socket, c, on the under side, and mount them, one on the cap 0and one on each of the arms 0, as shown.

This completes the stand, which, as seen, presents a very neat andornamental appearance; and it is adapted to hold four flowerpots orvases-one on each cup or plate D.

By simply raising the cap 0, the cups or plates being first removed, thesections are all released.

The parts are of such size and form that they may all be packed in asmall box of pasteboard, in which shape it is designed to put them onthe market.

Whenthus boxed the stand may be readily stowed, shipped, or carried,and, when required for use, may be put together very quickly.

The form of the sections, and of the cups or plates, may of course bevaried as fancy suggests; but in all cases they are to be made thin andflat, in order that they may be packed in a sin .11 space. The cups orsaucers are also to be made as thin and shallow as allowable; and, inshort, when constructing the stands it is to be borne constantly in mindthat the parts should, when separated, pack as closely and compactly aspossible.

The upright arms 0 and the top cup or plate may be omitted, if desired.

Instead of using a separate pin or pintle, it may be cast on one of thelugs, as shown in Fig. 5.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. A stand forflower-pots, having its frame composed of a series of flat cast-ironsections or legs, A, having their inner edges provided with lugs, andall united rigidly by a central pin or its equivalent.

2. In combination with the sections A, having the upright arms 11, thecap 0.

EDWARD G. DURANT.

Witnesses:

GEO. S. BALDWIN, LA FAYETTE S. PORTER.

